Hotel Palenque: Nicolas Deshayes

Established in June 2011, Hotel Palenque is a contemporary art commission programme focused on producing and presenting new work by emerging artists across Europe.

For each commission, Hotel Palenque invites one artist to create an artwork according to a simple set of production rules. Firstly the work must be eligible to be produced or reproduced to an A0 format (0.8 x 1.2m), and secondly all digital files and associated materials must be destroyed prior to the work being shown.

Since 2011, Hotel Palenque has collaborated with Tobias Madison at Pyramidd.biz (London), Mathis Altmann at Curtat Tunnel (Switzerland) and Dmitri Galitzine at OUTPOST (Norwich). The fifth commission will be hosted by Cell Project Space with a new work by Hannah Perry.

Nicolas Deshayes predominantly works in sculpture but for this project he will present a single print work that is made in relation to the architecture of GalleriesGoldstein.

Nicolas Deshayes (1983, Nancy, France) lives and works in London. Educated at Chelsea College of Art and at the Royal College of Art (MA Sculpture, 2007-2009). Recent exhibitions include Vanille, with George Henry Longly, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris (2012) PRECURSOR, curated by Shama Khanna, E:vent Gallery, London (2011), Rain, curated by Nicolas Deshayes, Cell Project Space, London (2011).

Hotel Palenque commission programme is curated by Elise Lammer.

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